Youth Opportunities Fund – Youth Innovations Scale Grant

Closing on: Jul 8, 2026

Artistic Discipline: Crafts Culture Dance Digital arts Film Inter-Arts Literary Media Arts Multidisciplinary Music Music Video Programming Theatre Visual Arts Writing

Grant Type: Project

Funder: Ontario Trillium Foundation

Applicant Type: Youth

Status: Currently Inactive

Scale your successful project with a proven model to expand your reach or enhance your impact on young people.

Successful local projects tailored to the needs of youth can resonate in ways that require a scaled-up response to continue to meet the demand created through trust and collaboration.

YOF believes that grassroots leaders with at least two years of experience running community-based projects have the skills to expand and improve them for the communities they serve. By scaling these proven initiatives, they can further improve the social and economic well-being of youth in their communities. A Youth Innovations Scale grant is designed to help groups:

Enhance their existing project to create a deeper impact, or
Expand their project to reach more youth.

YOF prioritizes grassroots groups that are looking to address the experiences of Indigenous and/ or Black youth who continue to face systemic barriers and oppression.

Youth Opportunities Fund – Youth Innovations Scale Grant

Scale your successful project with a proven model to expand your reach or enhance your impact on young people.

Successful local projects tailored to the needs of youth can resonate in ways that require a scaled-up response to continue to meet the demand created through trust and collaboration.

Enhance their existing project to create a deeper impact, or

Expand their project to reach more youth.

YOF prioritizes grassroots groups that are looking to address the experiences of Indigenous and/ or Black youth who continue to face systemic barriers and oppression.

Next deadline: 8 July 2026

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